LEVEL3 CDN
Level 3 offers the complete portfolio of services to companies that require rich-media distribution for creating exceptional end-user experiences and more.
The Level3 Network : Built for Enterprise
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Business-Enabling Content Services
The Level 3 Content Delivery Service Portfolio allows customers to:
- Avoid network congestion
- Handle flash crowds without the need to over-provision
- Maintain site response times; decrease latency and timeout issues
- Cost-effectively store content for delivery within the Level 3 network
- Achieve low packet loss to stabilize performance issues, such as jitter with streaming videos
- Monetize their content
- Leverage customized solutions for large libraries of video and digital assets
- Deliver Content anywhere at any time
Industry leading Connectivity
Content Delivery is about getting content to customers fast. The fastest route is the shortest network route. Level 3´s CDN nodes are on average closer to customers than any other carrier network: Within 1.77 hops of the content audience (FixedOrbit.com)
Industry leading Scale
Content Delivery is about ensuring that clear bandwidth capacity exists between the network and end customers ensuring content is delivered uninterrupted regardless of data size and customer demand. Level 3´s CDN nodes are connected via more than 700Gbps of global capacity, and the Level 3 IP network has more that 1000Gbps of peering with other networks. The CDN sits on the largest IP network in North America and Europe itself carrying more than 30% of Internet traffic. In owning the underlying network infrastructure, Level 3 has the ability to scale quickly and predictably in line with demand.
Proven Content Delivery Technology
Effective and reliable Content Delivery relies upon an underlying CDN technology that intelligently and dynamically directs end-users to the optimal server node at a given point in time. By procuring and integrating the original Sandpiper Footprint® Content Delivery technology, Level 3´s CDN services reflect more than 12 years of content delivery investment and technological development. Level 3 now holds the original patents for CDNs (Sandpiper 1996), and retains some of the original Sandpiper development team on staff.
- Since acquiring the CDN in early 2006, Level 3 has increased CDN capacity by 10x
- Over $200 Million invested in the last year in Content Delivery services
- Purchase of Servecast in 2007, expands video capture and encoding services
- Over 100 developers on staff to manage and enhance CDN service
- Live streaming and origin storage services added Portal development and real-time integration
- Inclusion of support for all major forms of media player
- Continuing to expand Asian presence in 2008
- Strategic partnership with Move Network for High Definition (HD) media services
- Strategic Cross-licensing agreement with IBM for additional CDN patents